Vulnerability Assessment Jobs in England

Vulnerability Assessment
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Vulnerability Assessment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Assessment over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 682 695 778
Rank change year-on-year +13 +83 -78
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 182 200 447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.24% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.26% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 146 149 305
10th Percentile £38,125 £37,381 £39,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,625 £95,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £55,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +21.62% -11.20% -9.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Vulnerability Assessment falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,968 78,333 138,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.62% 95.44% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 56,258 48,146 73,664
10th Percentile £29,383 £34,308 £33,349
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,775 £44,178
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Vulnerability Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Assessment in England

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in England.

Salary trend for Vulnerability Assessment in England

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in England

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +95 82 £76,500 +6.99% 31
South East -30 41 £75,000 +76.47% 5
Midlands -51 20 £43,750 -7.89% 5
North of England +10 15 £42,500 -48.48% 3
West Midlands -9 14 £48,750 -33.22% 4
South West -42 11 £62,500 +31.58% 7
East of England -12 9 £72,500 +31.82% 3
North West -21 9 £40,000 -11.11% 3
East Midlands -44 6 £43,750 -7.89% 1
North East - 5 £42,500 -
Yorkshire +58 1 - -
Vulnerability Assessment
UK

Vulnerability Assessment
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.10%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.55%) IIS
2 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (6.04%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 70 (38.46%) Azure
2 52 (28.57%) AWS
3 32 (17.58%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (6.59%) Amazon ECS
4 12 (6.59%) Datadog
4 12 (6.59%) GCP
5 11 (6.04%) Entra ID
6 9 (4.95%) Power Platform
7 8 (4.40%) SaaS
8 7 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (3.85%) PaaS
9 6 (3.30%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (2.75%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (2.20%) IaaS
12 2 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (1.10%) Amazon ELB
12 2 (1.10%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 2 (1.10%) AWS CloudTrail
12 2 (1.10%) Azure AKS
12 2 (1.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 68 (37.36%) Firewall
2 25 (13.74%) Network Security
3 20 (10.99%) Intrusion Detection
4 16 (8.79%) DNS
5 12 (6.59%) TCP/IP
6 9 (4.95%) Wireless
7 6 (3.30%) DHCP
8 5 (2.75%) IPsec
8 5 (2.75%) SSL
8 5 (2.75%) VPN
9 4 (2.20%) LAN
10 2 (1.10%) HTTP
10 2 (1.10%) Internet
10 2 (1.10%) NAS
10 2 (1.10%) OSPF
10 2 (1.10%) SAN
10 2 (1.10%) SD-WAN
10 2 (1.10%) SMTP
10 2 (1.10%) WAN
10 2 (1.10%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.95%) Power BI
2 2 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.10%) Big Data
3 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 22 (12.09%) Jenkins
2 12 (6.59%) GitLab
3 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.55%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.55%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.55%) MSI
3 1 (0.55%) Robot Framework
3 1 (0.55%) Snyk
3 1 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 55 (30.22%) Social Skills
2 38 (20.88%) Finance
3 25 (13.74%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (7.14%) Legal
5 10 (5.49%) Marketing
6 9 (4.95%) Law
7 8 (4.40%) Banking
7 8 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.65%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.10%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.10%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.55%) Electronics
10 1 (0.55%) Games
10 1 (0.55%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.55%) Retail
10 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (24.73%) Analyst
2 39 (21.43%) Security Analyst
3 33 (18.13%) Senior
4 26 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 26 (14.29%) Security Engineer
5 24 (13.19%) Lead
6 16 (8.79%) Architect
7 14 (7.69%) Security Manager
8 13 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
8 13 (7.14%) Penetration Tester
9 12 (6.59%) Lead DevOps
9 12 (6.59%) Lead DevOps Engineer
9 12 (6.59%) Tester
10 10 (5.49%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 10 (5.49%) Information Manager
10 10 (5.49%) Information Security Manager
10 10 (5.49%) Senior Penetration Tester
10 10 (5.49%) Senior Tester
11 9 (4.95%) Senior Security Engineer
12 8 (4.40%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.59%) .NET
2 3 (1.65%) EDI
2 3 (1.65%) Sass
3 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (1.10%) REST
4 1 (0.55%) LDAP
4 1 (0.55%) OAuth
4 1 (0.55%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.55%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 32 (17.58%) Management Information System
2 31 (17.03%) Cyber Threat
3 19 (10.44%) Security Posture
4 11 (6.04%) Cyber Defence
4 11 (6.04%) PKI
5 10 (5.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 10 (5.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 10 (5.49%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (4.40%) IoT
7 8 (4.40%) Operational Technology
7 8 (4.40%) Product Ownership
8 6 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (3.30%) SCADA
9 5 (2.75%) Cyberattack
10 4 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (2.20%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.65%) Public Cloud
12 2 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (1.10%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 46 (25.27%) Windows
2 23 (12.64%) Linux
3 15 (8.24%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.75%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.20%) Unix
6 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.55%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (73.08%) Cybersecurity
2 75 (41.21%) Information Security
3 61 (33.52%) Incident Response
4 56 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
5 45 (24.73%) Penetration Testing
6 44 (24.18%) SIEM
7 38 (20.88%) Cloud Security
8 37 (20.33%) Security Architecture
9 34 (18.68%) Vulnerability Management
10 27 (14.84%) Business Continuity
11 25 (13.74%) ITIL
12 23 (12.64%) Security Operations
13 21 (11.54%) CI/CD
13 21 (11.54%) Computer Science
13 21 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
14 20 (10.99%) DevOps
15 19 (10.44%) OWASP
15 19 (10.44%) Threat Intelligence
16 18 (9.89%) Risk Management
16 18 (9.89%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (14.84%) Python
2 8 (4.40%) C#
3 7 (3.85%) C
3 7 (3.85%) C++
3 7 (3.85%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.75%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.65%) Bash
6 1 (0.55%) Java
Qualifications
1 49 (26.92%) CISSP
1 49 (26.92%) Degree
2 29 (15.93%) CISM
3 22 (12.09%) Security Cleared
4 19 (10.44%) AWS Certification
4 19 (10.44%) CompTIA Security+
5 18 (9.89%) CISA
6 17 (9.34%) CEH
7 16 (8.79%) GIAC
8 15 (8.24%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (7.69%) SC Cleared
10 12 (6.59%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 12 (6.59%) CompTIA CySA+
10 12 (6.59%) CRISC
10 12 (6.59%) Master's Degree
10 12 (6.59%) OSCP
11 11 (6.04%) CREST Certified
12 10 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (4.95%) ISSMP
13 9 (4.95%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (36.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (34.07%) NIST
3 26 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 24 (13.19%) GRC
5 19 (10.44%) NCSC
6 18 (9.89%) NIST 800
7 13 (7.14%) COBIT
7 13 (7.14%) GDPR
8 12 (6.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (5.49%) PCI DSS
10 9 (4.95%) QA
11 7 (3.85%) ISO 13485
12 6 (3.30%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (1.65%) HIPAA
14 2 (1.10%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.55%) FedRAMP
15 1 (0.55%) GxP
15 1 (0.55%) IASME
System Software
1 20 (10.99%) Active Directory
2 14 (7.69%) Docker
3 8 (4.40%) Hyper-V
3 8 (4.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.65%) KVM
5 2 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.55%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.55%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (8.79%) Kubernetes
1 16 (8.79%) Terraform
2 12 (6.59%) Consul
2 12 (6.59%) Puppet
3 10 (5.49%) Ansible
4 7 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (2.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (2.20%) CSIRT
6 3 (1.65%) Nessus
7 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.55%) CASB
8 1 (0.55%) DatAdvantage
8 1 (0.55%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.55%) Nmap
8 1 (0.55%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.55%) QRadar
8 1 (0.55%) SCCM
8 1 (0.55%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 1 (0.55%) WMI
8 1 (0.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 56 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.95%) Alibaba
2 9 (4.95%) Google
2 9 (4.95%) VMware
3 7 (3.85%) Cisco
4 4 (2.20%) Intel
4 4 (2.20%) Qualys
5 3 (1.65%) Palo Alto
5 3 (1.65%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.65%) Splunk
6 2 (1.10%) CA
6 2 (1.10%) Dell
6 2 (1.10%) Meraki
6 2 (1.10%) Oracle
6 2 (1.10%) Veeam
6 2 (1.10%) Zscaler
7 1 (0.55%) arcserve
7 1 (0.55%) Progress
7 1 (0.55%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.55%) Symantec